Rope

Creates a single shape layer with a path connecting the selected layers (2D only). Use AutoBezier or Tension options to get rounded joint style.

Spanning Tree

Computes minimum spanning tree and draws each edge with a shape layer (2D and 3D support).

Triangulation

Triangulates the selected layers and draws each edge with a shape layer (2D and 3D support). If you want filled triangles (not just the edges), activate the Fill Triangles switch in the Options dialog. By default they will be filled with the same color, but you can also choose a source layer to colorize them.Note that for functions that create shape keyframes (Triangulation with Filled Triangles turned on, and Rope), keyframing is done within the comp work area.

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hello …. How r u? Pardon me plz…I don’t understand english very well… (but or) and I used your Plugin … It’s so beautyfull …my question is : newton 2 at yet can do this test that you put in here?

http://www.motionboutique.com/ motion boutique

sorry, I don’t really understand your question

René

The rope example (ball against the wall) was done with Newton 2 (distance joints) and the Connect Layers script if I understood the question

kafrog

??? how ?

SKY

This looks amazing, where and how can we get this script?

Hesus

O M G!!
This look awesome!
“very soon”??!!! WHEN!!??

http://www.motionboutique.com/ motion boutique

now!!!

Hesus

I know:) I have been playing with it since yesterday:)
Is great!
One quick question, is there a way for closing rope?
To make a bouncy ball:) I have a project file, I can send it for better understanding.

Hi I’m getting this when attempting to fill triangles when using Triangulation:

Error: After Effects error: Can not add a property with name “ADBE Point3D Control” to this PropertyGroup.

I’m on AE CS5 without Newton. Cheers.

http://www.motionboutique.com/ motion boutique

Sorry, I just added that detail… Compatibility : For AE CS6 or later

George Smyth

Ah okay cheers. To anyone reading this, the Rope, Tree and Triangulation modes work for the most part in CS5. Rope can be used without Newton, which can give you a closed loop version of Tree. The only issue being that it needs to generate keyframes, and they aren’t live connections like the Tree mode. Could be useful though…

Robinson Sampaio

Thks soooooo much! Just in time for my new project!
This script + newton is an amazing powerful tool, many, many possibilities.

Diogo

Great script! Just curious about the 3D scenes in the video example. Where are they done? Cinema 4D? Or is everything done in AE? Thanks

http://www.motionboutique.com/ motion boutique

Everything is done inside AE CS6. Trackers are moved on the Z axis, so you’ll get that 3D mask feeling.

Diogo

I don’t know if we are talking about the same video!! I’am refering to the initial teaser, not the video tutorial! The teaser seems something done in 3D space. The text and the ropes seem to have depth. If that’s all done in AE it looks amazing!

WOW this looks so amazing!!! Is there a (from scratch) tutorial how to make that awesome rope effect with the letters? Can I do it even if I never worked with Newton before? greetings!!

http://www.motionboutique.com/ motion boutique

Just follow the quick start guide, there’s a tutorial for that rope thing : http://goo.gl/3wvuo

Nathalie87

Hi, thanks for the answer…unfortunately the quick start guide has already the finished newton animation and also does not show how the “ball” in newton can be replaced with the letter.

http://www.motionboutique.com/ motion boutique

The video explain how to this with a ball. You just have to use a letter instead of the circle! The video show how to set up the scene, for the letters it’s pretty much the same, you just have to do this with more objects.

Pion

cant install the script.. not appearing on “run script file”
help please

Nicolas Massart

Bam !

stemersni

not applicable for cs5?

http://www.motionboutique.com/ motion boutique

not everything will work in CS5.

seth benson

ilu.

accademia di belle arti Palerm

hello, get this message error,unable to execute script at line 115. uncaught exception image?? any guess?

Hi, I guess it does not with AE CC !
did try it but it does not show .

Tonio

http://www.motionboutique.com/ motion boutique

Connect layers has been tested successfully with CC 2014.
Did you installed it correctly?

Phoenician

ops sorry it is working with AE CC
Thanks

jvalal

Guess there’s no way to do rope w/o Newton?

http://www.motionboutique.com/ motion boutique

you’ll have to be a great animator

spigolo

Just a question..I have to build a network of circles and lines, the plugin is perfect, but is it possible after having connected the layer to select again a couple of shape layers and call the script again to create a missing connection? When I try to do this I have an error (layers aligned?)
thanks

http://www.motionboutique.com/ motion boutique

Sure you can, but maybe you are using the triangulation function with only 2 layers…

Dave

I installed version 1.08, got it to work with CS6 a few weeks ago. When I tried to access the script today, it is grayed out (unavailable). Any idea what’s wrong?

spigolo

Is there a way to send the lines (triangle) behind the layers they connect so that I don’t see them over my layers but just behind? thx

Dilek

I want to ask a question about 3D dots composition. I downloaded the project, I see that there are an amount layer and rotation layer. It didn’t work when I tried to do. Sorry but can you please tell me how to do that amount thing? My layers are 3d swell but the shapes and lines are not syncronized. Thanks!

This is really cool!!! But does anyone know why it offsets the triangles like this?

http://www.motionboutique.com/ motion boutique

Check the anchor points of the reference objects.

Lorna

Trying to create a rope entirely in AE without the full Newton suite (unfortunately!) I see how you can create it in your tutorial using newton, but can you get a similar functionality within AE? If so, I’m awful at finding it/ working it out!

Phoenician

well don’t know what happened but its working now in AE CC
Thanks

lara

Why can I not download it? the links seems to be dead

Gabriel

why i can’t download this?

msigmon

Unable to download any of your free scripts currently, getting 404 errors on them using two different browsers.

Hey, i’m running the script with cc. my problem is, its creating the joint layers – but just not showing any connecting lines. i don’t get it.. moreover – when i click triangulation i get following message: “Error occured when triangulating selected layers (aligned layers?).”

looking forward to your solutions! thanks guys!

Rob

note: same problem with cs6…!

rob

hey..

i don’t get it working in cc and cs6. :-/ running the
script – showing joint layers – but no lines. when i click Triangulation
i get following message:

“error occured when triangulating selected layers (aligned layers?)”.

looking forward for your help.
thank you guys!

http://www.motionboutique.com/ motion boutique

you must be using shape layers with the exact same anchor point position or something similar…

Adam

Rope seems to be working for me, but clicking tree and triangulation while a couple layers are selected does nothing. It used to work, but now it does not. Any tips?

Anderson

Same here, rope works, but nothing else.

Anderson

Found a solution. opened a new comp and brought my elements in, and it worked

Manuel

How can i influence which line is drawn to which object in the triangulation calculation? Seems quite random? Does it have something to do with layer order? Layer number / name?

Manuel

Found a solution in selecting smaller numbers of layers and making multiple triangulations and then deleting the unwanted shape layers. Thanks!

Walker Bell

Is anyone having issues with SAVED SETTINGS not saving when you come back in? Thanks

UPDATE 2: I offset the positions of my layers from each other and I’m still getting inconsistent results. What am I doing wrong?

UPDATE 1: Nevermind (I think). The answer is in the error; I used Gridder from aescripts to arrange my layers so they are all aligned so I’m guessing triangulate doesn’t work with aligned or evenly distributed layers.

Hello, I’m trying to triangulate 30 or more 3D layers (they are solids right now as a placeholders, but will eventually be jpgs) but only a about a third of the layers are actually being triangulated. When I try to triangulate the layers that weren’t done the first time I get the error “Error occurred when triangulating selected layers (aligned layers?).” I saw an older comment where you responded that “you must be using shape layers with the exact same anchor point position or something similar…” I’m not using shape layers but instead solids and I want to use image layers. The layers that did get triangulated have differing anchor points so I’m confused by your answer.

Is there a limit to the number of layers or types of layers you can triangulate? Thank you.

Dorus

Great script, however I’m experiencing a problem. It worked the first time i used it, but now in when i try to connect for instance 3 shape layers with “tree”, the joint shape layers appear, but no lines (also when i increase stroke width). Also the “rope” button creates a layer but makes nothing visible. All shape layers have the same anchor point. What could be a solution? I already deleted script, rebooted, re installed script: no luck. Tried in both CC and CC 2014. Help would be greatly appreciated!

dorus

Nevermind, each layer has to have a DIFFERENT anchor point instead of the same anchor point, now it works

Dorus

Great script, however I’m experiencing a problem. It worked the first time i used it, but now in when i try to connect for instance 3 shape layers with “tree”, the joint shape layers appear, but no lines (also when i increase stroke width). Also the “rope” button creates a layer but makes nothing visible. All shape layers have the same anchor point. What could be a solution? I already deleted script, rebooted, re installed script: no luck. Tried in both CC and CC 2014. Help would be greatly appreciated!

nixon

I cant get to send the lines behind both shapes, it´s not a matter of the order which I organize them in my timeline. I am trying with 3d of course and If I send the shapes to the front in the z axis then it works.

http://www.dylankmercer.com dylankmercer

I’ve been using connect layers for a lot of network diagrams. Usually, the client wants to see the diagram ‘draw on’. Is there a way to quickly draw on all the joints seperately or simulateously without going in and adding and editing a Trim Paths to each separate Joint??
I’ve tried copying all the joints to one shape layer and using one trim Paths to edit, but that doesn’t work.